Huh, > Is the output of "amixer -c <cardnumber> contents" the same > with both kernels? no, I'm confused. alsamixer did work fine, but what's this ?!? : numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Off-hook Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on In 2.6.10 I get much more (attached below). Best regards ce amixer -c 2 contents 2.6.10: numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Capture Source' ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw---,values=1,items=3 ; Item #0 'Mic' ; Item #1 'Input 1' ; Item #2 'Input 2' : values=0 numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=12,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Capture Switch',index=1 ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=128,step=0 : values=1,1 numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=191 numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=1,min=0,max=128,step=0 : values=1 numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Auto Gain Control' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback Switch',index=1 ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=191,191 numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback Volume',index=1 ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=255 2.6.12.2: